MONOPLANE DISASTER
HOW THE PARIS COLLISION OCCURRED. By Teiesranh—Press Association—Copyrijbt Paris, April 20., Further particulars concerning tho aeroplane disaster at Paris, wlion two monoplanes at Bile Aorodrome, piloted respectively by M. do Royo and M. Bidot, collided and crashed to the ground, show that while M, do Roye, Bleriot's chief pilot, was leading in tho eliminating competition, M. Bidot, in overtaking him, endeavoured to fly over him, hut misjudged tho distance, as the sun was in his Face. , .. His machine struck tha tail or Do Roye's monoplane and smashed it. Both machines then lurched and fell, one over the other. ! ..,•,' De Royc and d'Albin were pitched on to their "heads and incinerated. Bidot and a passenger wcro extracted from the burning wreckage.
. RECORD ALTITUDE "Hmes" and Sydney "Bun" Ecrrlcee. (Rec. April 21, 5.10 p.m.) Berne, April 21. A Swiss airman, Oscar Bidcr, has broken .the altitude record, carrying a pafesenger over tho Bemcse Alps at a height of 12,130 feet,
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2129, 22 April 1914, Page 7
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160MONOPLANE DISASTER Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2129, 22 April 1914, Page 7
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